Word: motherism
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...yoga as you pleased, and that doing downward facing dog didn't make you a bad Muslim. One of my girlfriends even attended a Sufi yoga class where the teacher played the daf (a Persian frame drum) and everyone chanted to the Shi'a Imam Ali. Many, like my mother, like to note the similarities between the physical sequence of Muslim prayer and asanas, claiming harmony, or at least fatwa-free ground, between Islam and yoga...
...dawn in order to take advantage of Black Friday deals, there was little consensus on whether they were really saving money overall. "The recession is on and we're trying to save money," said Renita Raghubir, 22, who had just splurged on some Guess and DKNY jeans. Meanwhile, her mother had purchased a $350 handbag for her 17-year-old sister, and there were still more purchases to be made...
...Rudy: Organize This! Joe Klein's "Passing the Torch" was a tonic for me [Nov. 17]. During the Republican Convention, when Rudy Giuliani sneered that he didn't know what a community organizer is and Sarah Palin made similar sarcastic remarks, the insult was personal and deep. My mother, a beloved longtime community organizer, has been gone for 10 years, yet her accomplishments in the communities she loved are still lauded and taught to a new generation. Klein's comment - "This is who [community organizers] are: they are the people who won this election" - was a balm. Julie Yugend-Green...
...made my skin crawl - remarked that she guessed that a "small-town mayor is sort of like a community organizer, except that you have actual responsibilities," the insult was personal and deep. For the first time in my life, I donated financially to a political campaign - Obama's. My mother, a beloved longtime community organizer, has been gone for 10 years, yet her accomplishments in the communities she loved are still lauded and taught to a new generation. Klein's comment - "This is who [community organizers] are: they are the people who won this election" - was a balm. Julie Yugend...
...mixed-race country. This sounds ideal. But why do so many people speak of a "black" President? The fact that Obama's father was black does not make him black. I wonder how many people in Kenya are celebrating because they now have a white President (because his mother was white). None, I suspect. David Burdett, YORKSHIRE, ENGLAND...